This is a triple challenge today. I made this fishy scene for the teapot tuesday challenge 107 and I used this for the versamark challenge on ways to use it 284.
I brayered the background with bashful blue, marina mist and not quite navy. Then I added plant life from pocket silhouettes using navy. I sponged against a ripped piece of paper with not quite navy to form the different levels behind the hook and fish. I colored the fish with watercolor pencil and an aqua painter then used versamark and ultra thick embossing enamel (UTEE) on the fish two times. I put the fish in the freezer for about 5 minutes and brought him out and cracked the utee. So I guess I have a cracked fish huh? LOL
I drew a fishing line and hook in and added the small tag punch with the greeting. I used silver cord for the fishing line and heated the embossing powder which acted like a glue to hold the cord. When the background was done, I used my versamark pad all over it. I then added UTEE. When you use one layer you get a bubbled affect which to me looked like the water. It gives it a cool droplet affect. That's it!
Date: Thursday, August 19, 2010 GMT Views: 4013
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Sun, Aug 22, 2010 @ 7:19 AM
AWESOME card!! Love your GORGEOUS fish, your sea plants and that amazingly wonderful background with the look of real water!! I can even smell the salt.... Beautifully done!! Please check out the Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge by clicking on the link below my signature. We would be so very honored to have one of your lovely creations in our weekly challenge!
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Sun, Aug 22, 2010 @ 10:47 AM
Wow! What a great card...this is going into my favorites because I love all the techniques you did. The Utee definitely does look like bubbles ...so creative.
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Sun, Aug 22, 2010 @ 5:04 PM
Oh Wow! What a fantastic underwater scene! I LOVE the "wet" look you created! Very creative and makes for a spectacular card!
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